| 单词 | cogency |
| 例句 | Her book has very little celebration in it, but it is a triumphant document of her refusal to be unseen, her ongoing dedication to cogency. How a Mystery Illness Cost One Writer a Decade of Health 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z But in this most restless and despairing symphony of the Mahler cycle, Alsop chose cogency over trenchancy much of the time. A Mahler under control 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z But doing so is frankly pointless — their activism isn't about logic or cogency, but pink-washing violent patriarchal oppression. “Impeachment” pokes at the enduring myth of conservative feminism 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z But by the end of the century Roman art was becoming marginally more naturalistic, with a greater emphasis on clarity, cogency, human drama and emotion. Prince of darkness 2010-04-09T23:06:00Z "Magnu" – which many of us present think of as Side B, Track 1 – is Brock's adaptation of, and homage to, Shelley's "Song to Apollo", which he played with cogency and especial ardour. Hawkwind plus Easter equals ... Hawkeaster! 2013-04-02T15:20:32Z The Shakespearean text is spoken with ringing cogency. Get thee to Vancouver, B.C., for Bard on the Beach 2011-09-07T20:33:06Z But what the movies lack in narrative cogency they make up for in a sense of immersion—of giving viewers the feeling of dropping directly into the private worlds of strangers. The Moving Revelations of Gay Home Movies 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z It's not for purists: insisting on cinematic cogency, Holten cuts and reorders the score in ways no one would find acceptable in the theatre. Mozart: Don Giovanni Juan DVD – review 2012-12-12T16:55:06Z Much of what Lahr has to say is illuminating, though the cogency of his interpretations is marred by overconfidence. The shame and glory of Tennessee Williams in John Lahr's new book 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z Rauch’s finely calibrated, uncluttered interpretation of “Lear” is a showcase for veteran OSF players who speak the verse with superior cogency and command. Oregon Shakespeare Fest, 2013: the Bard, and more 2013-07-24T22:08:57Z Here, the opening movement needed more coherence, its vastly diverse elements providing many striking individual sections without quite achieving an overall cogency. LA Philharmonic/Gustavo Dudamel ? review 2011-01-30T17:46:00Z That works better than you might imagine, thanks to the brisk cogency of Mary Machala’s direction, the lively clip of the script, and the swift role-changing of a 14-member ensemble tackling many more roles. Love’s tragedies, triumphs in Book-It’s ‘Anna Karenina’ | Theater review 2013-02-14T02:15:42Z It is this combination of craziness and cogency, so common to Mr. Innaurato’s work, that prompted Mr. McCormack to send that request. Albert Innaurato Returns to the Stage With ‘Doubtless’ 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z In 1993, on his fortieth birthday, he declared himself a ceremonial magician; the core of his belief, which he speaks of with striking cogency, is that art is indistinguishable from magic. A Party in a Lunatic Asylum 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z Like, scald-the-soles-of-a-power-droid’s-foot cruel: “The commission considers that a religion/belief system should be characterised by a certain level of cogency, seriousness, cohesion and importance.” Force of argument: why Jediism should be recognised as a religion 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z But it is only if they are movies first, attentive to the integrity of their stories, the cogency of their images and the coherence of their ideas, that they can hope to be anything else. Film: Documentaries (in Name Only) of Every Stripe 2010-10-13T18:08:00Z Mr. Méndez brings a fiery sense of an embattled soul to his performance as the conflicted priest, and Ms. Lopez inflects her lines with some wry humor, as Martina waffles between cogency and senility. Review: ‘Bathing in Moonlight’ Tests a Priest and Boundaries 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z There are funky grooves and joyous ones and acoustic tapping of terrific complexity and cogency. ‘ETM: The Initial Approach,’ Debuts at Jacob’s Pillow 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z He and the director, Niegel Smith, hurl so many incendiary images and hackle-raising ideas at the audience that the play sacrifices cogency and meaning for pure sensation. Theater Review | 'Neighbors': At Public Theater, Racial Commentary in Caricature 2010-03-09T22:11:00Z There is all that at the Delacorte Theater, but also a rare cogency — plus incredibly loud gunfire. Review: ‘Troilus and Cressida,’ a Trojan War Love Story 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z The cogency of and rip-tide beneath both books lies in the notion of the other, the lost, in a cruel world, finding their own – and their place in something bigger than harsh society. Brian Selznick: how Scorsese's Hugo drew inspiration from his magical book 2012-02-11T19:26:44Z Not all of the monologues have the same potency, and the cogency of the work's overall argument would be enhanced by including a few more voices from the conservative end of the spectrum. Anna Deavere Smith takes on 'school-to-prison pipeline' in new show 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Fuller, who died last fall, created such an impressive range of Black and white humanity in “A Soldier’s Play” that the work has lost none of its cogency and sting. After four decades, 'A Soldier's Play' is still urgent in Tony-winning revival 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z The surprising cogency of the words offered a telling peek into the conservative worldview. How to be a Black man 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Tall, handsome and with a roguish charm, Bo seemed to enjoy the challenge, answering questions with wit and cogency. Xi Jinping's party is just getting started 2022-10-23T04:00:00Z As a result, White argues with cogency and passion, Hitchcock still “speaks with urgency to today’s audiences.” Review | Voyeur, dandy, entertainer, womanizer: Alfred Hitchcock from every angle 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Some of this new cogency comes from places you might least expect. Review: ‘Girls of the Golden West’ gets an Amsterdam remake, more powerful and profound 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z The film is a riot of nearly incomprehensible editing, a violent melee of intertwining scenes, shots, characters, formats and timelines, straining the limits of coherence and cogency. Review: Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg pack action-thriller ‘Mile 22’ with maximum overkill 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Perversely, Battle Royale’s lack of concern with socially responsibility or political cogency is what makes it so effective. Here’s what to watch on Netflix after The First Purge 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z When Hamilton presented his rule, he demonstrated its cogency by showing that it predicted the behavior of the ants, bees and wasps of the Hymenoptera order, which were primed for eusociality by their strange genetics. The Elusive Calculus of Insect Altruism 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z But he offers not a word about the cogency of the fears, or about the moral basis — or lack of it — for how people see things. Gene editing: Running with scissors : Nature : Nature Research 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z It led him into willful eccentricities that may raise unkind questions about the cogency of his early triumphs. Frank Stella’s Big Ideas 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z History, not rhetoric or cogency, determines whether a dissent wins out in the long run. The power of a Supreme Court dissent 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z Hawke is on a roll right now, and “Good Kill” stirs him to another performance of cogency and zeal. Ethan Hawke, Drone Pilot 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z One pro-democracy lawmaker, who goes by the name Long Hair, is better known for his demonstrative tactics than for the cogency of his arguments. Tear Gas On the Streets of Hong Kong 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z If a business simply strings along a series of ad hoc successes, it loses cogency. FACEBOOK: The Fix Goes Deeper than Plastic Surgery 2012-06-11T15:10:46Z On the other hand, it may also be observed that when critically scrutinised such theories are extremely apt to lose their cogency. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z These conclusions are based wholly on scientific reasons, and anyone who understands physics will see the cogency of our statements. Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity 2012-03-22T02:00:38.537Z To Horner he replied, by carrying the war into the Holland House country with inimitable spirit and cogency. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z The cogency of the considerations involved in the last paragraph becomes even more apparent when Patristic testimony has to be considered. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z The argument is supported by others of great cogency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z It only drove the demonstration home, and that with irresistible cogency, that human bondage must be avenged. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z This is the thought which underlies and gives cogency to the whole argument. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But the experiments and reasoning of Berthollet were hidden by the masses of facts and the cogency of argument of the Lavoisierian chemists. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z But their cogency is felt to be altogether overwhelming when, after a careful survey of the evidence alone, we entertain no doubt whatever as to what must be the right reading of a place. The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels 2012-02-24T03:00:31.020Z The cogency of Toland’s arguments was weakened by his manifest love of paradox. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" 2012-02-17T03:00:33.923Z On the critical side this teaching is now admittedly valid against the older empiricism, and the cogency of the reasoning by which his constructive theory is supported is generally recognized. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z But I must remark that any cogency which Mr. Wallace's argument may appear to present, arises from his not having recognized the fact which the statement conveys. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z His service as a statesman, his power as an orator, his courage as an antagonist, his cogency of reasoning, his untiring efforts as a peacemaker, spread from ocean to ocean and even beyond the seas. Stories of Old Kentucky 2011-09-23T02:00:21.413Z Of much more cogency, however, is the evidence supplied by the grand upward succession of organic forms, from the most ancient stratified rocks up to the present day. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z He expounds his views fearlessly but modestly, with logical cogency. Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science 2011-09-05T02:00:19.693Z If he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, the One that gave cogency and moral power to his reasoning was Christ. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z This kind of evidence, however, presents much less cogency than is usually supposed. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z It is obvious that this reasoning, besides being purely hypothetical, is utterly without cogency against Hume's doctrine. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z Pauline at first marked its cogency, and then observed this gradually dissolve. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z What it can do, it does with a sharpness of effect and with a cogency of appeal no other art can rival. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z After some disputing, it was agreed that there was cogency in the Doctor's suggestion. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z This is a consideration the cogency of which was clearly recognized by Darwin, as the following quotations will show. Darwin, and After Darwin, Volume 2 Post-Darwinian Questions: Heredity and Utility 2011-10-16T02:00:14.153Z The question," he says, "may at first sight create a dilemma—If a miracle is nugatory on the side of one doctrine, what cogency has it on the side of another? Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z And I believe that those who read these pages will regret that one possessed of such breadth of view, clearness, charm and cogency of style should have left a literary record so meagre. The Teacher Essays and Addresses on Education 2011-07-19T02:00:17.220Z The cogency of the argument lies entirely in the cumulative character of the proof. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z M. Soyer, speaking ex cathedrâ from the kitchen of the Reform Club, would find it no easy matter to parry the cogency of this reasoning. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 2011-04-01T02:00:28.747Z Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. moved his time-table Closure scheme in speech cogency of which testifies to miraculous advantage of limitation of delivery within space of half-hour. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 8th 1893 2011-03-26T02:00:11.953Z This is precisely Hume's argument weakened by the introduction of reservations which have no cogency. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z Many of us are astonishingly uncritical as to the coherence and cogency of words if they be but set to a good tune. A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) 2011-03-02T03:00:27.467Z A collection of weak evidences makes up a strong evidence; again, one strong argument imparts cogency to collateral arguments which are in themselves weak. An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine 2011-01-31T03:00:14.710Z The correspondence of Mr. Brand Whitlock with Mr. Page, and the documents he forwards, gain the greater cogency from their frank avowal of that fact. A Noble Woman The Life-Story of Edith Cavell 2011-01-27T03:00:42.663Z I. and II. delivered in Boston in 1844, where this topic is treated with great perspicuity and cogency. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z Has not Emerson, among many others, declared with a cogency and a depth of meaning which quite defy the superficiality and levity attractive to a few, that mere consistency is narrow and confining? The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker We are considered to feel, rather than to see, its cogency; and we decide, not that the conclusion must be, but that it cannot be otherwise. An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Whatever conclusions the scientist draws as necessary and universal results from his hypothesis for a world independent of his thought are due, not to the cogency of his logic, but to other considerations. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude The girl's young cogency had struck her dumb. The Preliminaries And Other Stories There is hardly any cogency which it is not capable by possible supposition of attaining. An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists 2011-01-19T03:00:17.237Z But, whether or not Descartes fully understood his own thought, this criticism is very superficial, and it gets only a specious cogency from the same matter-of-fact history that we have already pushed aside. The Will to Doubt An essay in philosophy for the general thinker He has stated with clearness and cogency the inadvisability of allowing the government paternal power in finance and tariff legislation. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 Even the contents of tridimensional space and sensuous time are not essential to the cogency of that reasoning nor can the unbroken web of the argument assure the content of the world as invariable. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude In abstract thought he was a mere dilettante, and his strength 192 lay in the vigour and sincerity of his statements rather than in cogency of reasoning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" With the truth of the doctrine in question we are not dealing in the present discourse; there are passages in the word of God which bear on it with most unquestionable cogency. Misread Passage of Scriptures But while the vassals of his empty pride control his mind, the plainest facts appeal to him in vain, and all the cogency of proof is lost. The Speech of Monkeys This argument ceases to have cogency so soon as we deny its fundamental proposition that the time-relation is not ultimately real, but is irrelevant from the standpoint of science. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" This is the province within which a hedonistic account of the economic motive holds good with a cogency that anti-hedonistic criticism has not been able to dissolve. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Signor Contarini acknowledged the cogency of our reasoning, and frankly admitted that I had no power to arrest the performance of my disastrous play. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second The reader, even should he not always feel the cogency of their arguments, will not refuse his admiration to the candor of the critics. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 The cogency of such an argument was equal to the candor of the citation on which it was founded. Discussion on American Slavery Thus their unity is the deepest and most ultimate conceivable: it has a width and range from which no one can be excluded: while it has a closeness and cogency like the unity of blood. St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephesians A Practical Exposition This retention of hypotheses at the cost of cogency is of course in order to avoid a break with science. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude He might have added as aforesaid, that all real inference as to events is from particulars, and that formal cogency belongs only to mathematics. Rationalism Mr. Menemon meanwhile was still in pursuit of the plea; but nothing of any cogency presented itself. Eden An Episode Almost the last thing he wrote, a pamphlet on the Greek and Cretan question, published in the spring of 1897, has the force and cogency of his best days. Studies in Contemporary Biography For, in the first place, instinct varies greatly in its cogency. The Forerunners He might have said, with equal cogency, that there was no lack of food, because at no time could all the hard bread and bacon in his ships be eaten. Campaigning in Cuba On the whole I was well pleased with Mrs. Henry’s attitude of mind; nor could I even deny there was 132 some cogency in that which she advanced about the papers. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) And he will also be ready to own that there is much cogency in the reasons put forward against what is fantastic and visionary by serious opponents of the cause in question. An Outline of Occult Science He was not an imaginative speaker, nor fitted to touch the emotions; but he had a matchless power of statement, and a no less matchless closeness and cogency in argument. Studies in Contemporary Biography The appearance of radium robbed this argument of its cogency. God and the World A Survey of Thought Both are gifted with boundless volubility, unhampered by ordinary considerations of coherency and cogency. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 27, March 1893 An Illustrated Monthly The "proofs" alleged by the proponents of natural religion have, of course, little cogency. Medical Investigation in Seventeenth Century England Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, October 14, 1967 Other Scripture texts commonly cited in confirmation of our thesis lack cogency, because they either deal exclusively with mortal sin or do not refer to sin at all. Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise Whether it was this, or the cogency of her argument, that moved the young Anglican, it would be hard to say. Phoebe, Junior The facts in support of the evolution hypothesis are multitudinous, and many of them of great cogency; the facts against it are few, and none of them absolute. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution It is here demonstrated with rare cogency and conclusiveness that war is not only a factor, but the main factor, in true, genuine Kultur—not only its creator but its preserver.... Gems (?) of German Thought Hence forms gratuitous, without organic quality or logical cogency, pulled about, altered and re-altered, carried to senseless finish and then wilfully blurred. Laurus Nobilis Chapters on Art and Life The same reasons which Ibn Daud brings forward against the possibility of the existence of many souls before the body, apply with equal cogency to their survival after death. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy Cartwright and Whitgift had fought, with a certain advantage of warmth and eloquence on Cartwright's side, and with an immense preponderance of logical cogency on Whitgift's. A History of Elizabethan Literature These considerations powerfully forbade the execution of the proposed measure; but there were others of much cogency, which applied personally to Lieutenant Colonel Lee, and gave a new edge to the bitterness of the scene. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader The cogency of the arguments in favour of vegetarianism which I am about to discuss is another matter. More Science From an Easy Chair The relative value of the contentions of these two opposed schools must be judged by the cogency of the evidence put forth by each. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries He succeeds pretty well as far as the sublunar world is concerned, and no one who is free from prejudice can fail to see the cogency of his reasoning. A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy All the qualities of discourse, wit, eloquence, cogency, absurdity, are feelings incidental to this process, and involved in the juxtapositions, tensions, and resolutions of our ideas. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory The witness of history to Christ is a witness which has been given with irresistible cogency; and it has been so given to none but him. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 03 Let’s have no argument, no cogency, no urgency. The Goose Man He would not seek to justify a moral judgment, as would ethics, or to criticise the cogency of thought, as would logic; but only to describe the actual state as he found it. The Approach to Philosophy That is, Coke chose to confuse an argument for the sufficiency of a man's evidence of his own guilt with its cogency as evidence of another's. Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography Pitt replied with irresistible cogency that the crisis called for bold handling, and that England helped her ally to save the Empire and to maintain the contest in Italy. William Pitt and the Great War As a collection, these essays are noteworthy for their cogency and clearness, for their earnest and self-respectful plea for full justice and opportunity, and their calmness and candor. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement From contrast, moreover, it derives enormous relative cogency. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 There be those who say love dethrones reason, but observe with what admirable logic, what cogency of deduction Stephen La Mothe could argue upon Commines' incapacity for judgment—thus. The Justice of the King Therefore, in yielding to that spirit of defiance, she did the thing which of all others harmed her most, since its immediate and natural result was to give greater cogency to the suspicions against her. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy “You expect a cogency of conduct not usual in women,” said Marlow. Chance A Tale in Two Parts Soon Calvin with the iron cogency of his argument was completely to take Luther's side. Erasmus and the Age of Reformation "Oh, Aunt Milly, I'm so glad I spoke to you!" the girl cried with unwonted warmth, for she felt immediately the cogency of Mrs. Middleton's remark. Elsie Marley, Honey We do not propose to argue the question whether the latter adds any cogency to a scientific scheme. Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 Strong as the argument for industrial schools is—and its strength is undeniable—its cogency simply increases the urgency of the plea for higher training-schools and colleges to furnish broadly educated teachers. Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence The Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of Slavery to the Present Time His strength lies in his convincing statement, his cogency of argument, his array of facts, and his powerful logic. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. The unintermittency of business correspondence, the cogency of a place on the payroll.... On the Stairs He felt the cogency of his wife's words. Elsie Marley, Honey And they are so lacking in practical cogency that they find no place in the current consideration of modern Europe. Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 Granted the basal axiom of this type of immanentism, it follows with irresistible cogency that our separate existence, consciousness, volitions and so forth are merely illusions. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive For my own part, I entirely deny the cogency of the proposed proof, and I have clearly already established the grounds of my refusal. The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels It proposed nothing less than an abandonment of institutions, civil and ecclesiastical, which the settlers and owners of Massachusetts had set up, for reasons impressing their own minds as of the greatest significance and cogency. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Hence, I think, the unity of his dramatic scenes and the cogency of his historical arguments.' Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies Nor could I with any cogency have brought this as an argument against the Church of England, for the Church of England has retained Confession, nay, Sacramental Confession. Apologia pro Vita Sua From the primary assumption of this philosophy it follows with an irresistible cogency that there is no such thing as real, objective evil. Problems of Immanence: studies critical and constructive The magnitude and diversity of the theme, the cogency of the argument, the sublimity and audacity of the language, arrest our attention and astound our minds. The Promised Day Is Come The effect of Pitt's speech was prodigious, combining cogency of argument with fervour of feeling, splendour of eloquence, and matchless oratorical power. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 Origen attacked the whole doctrine with vehemence and cogency. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life The cogency of the argument remains just where it was. Apologia pro Vita Sua The nature of this Argument stated, and its cogency insisted upon. A Candid Examination of Theism There is no greater absurdity than the attempt to demonstrate anything from historical evidence, or to frame from it an argument whose cogency shall even approach to a demonstration. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy It should be observed that the cogency of the proof depends entirely upon its tending to show the unconditionality of the sequence A-p, or the indispensability of A as a condition of p. Logic Deductive and Inductive He has deliberately ignored more than nine-tenths of the evidence in point of amount, and very far more than this proportion in point of cogency. Essays on the work entitled "Supernatural Religion" But nothing is so conducive to energy as a combination of different figures, when two or three uniting their resources mutually contribute to the vigour, the cogency, and the beauty of a speech. On the Sublime This fact will be more clearly recognised, perhaps, if we remember that the cogency of our ideal knowledge follows upon our intent in fixing its object. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion A bishop might with equal propriety use just the same language about a glass of port wine, and argue with, equal cogency that it was a primary and simple element. Is Life Worth Living? To insist upon the cogency of 'negative instances' was Bacon's great contribution to Inductive Logic. Logic Deductive and Inductive And although scientific belief would then still rank below mathematical belief, it would nevertheless have a cogency quite irresistible. The Relations Between Religion and Science Eight Lectures Preached Before the University of Oxford in the Year 1884 So far the argument seems to draw whatever cogency it has from the simplicity and naturalness of the notion of representation. Theodicy Essays on the Goodness of God, the Freedom of Man and the Origin of Evil Nevertheless a true mathematician is satisfied with the hypothetical and ideal cogency of his science, and puts its dignity in that. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion I shall not, however, dwell upon this theme since it has been well treated by several modern writers, and with special cogency by the Rev. Baden Powell. Thoughts on Religion Upon this principle the value of hearsay evidence or tradition deteriorates, and generally the cogency of any argument based upon the combination of approximate generalisations dependent on one another or "self-infirmative." Logic Deductive and Inductive With what closeness and unanswerable cogency he would maintain truth! and with what illusion and almost irrefutable sophistry he would disguise and metamorphose error! Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell Would they so far acknowledge their cogency, as to permit, without any indignation, the eagle and ribbon to be torn from their breasts, by the very hands which had placed them there? Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1 The statement of Hilary illustrates the peculiar cogency of the argumentation employed by the defenders of the faith who flourished about the close of the second century. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution No doubt most people feel justified in believing that the whole doctrine of evolution must stand or fall according to the cogency of the palæontological evidences. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope This is the rule for estimating the cogency of circumstantial evidence and analogical evidence; or, generally, for combining approximate generalisations "self-corroboratively." Logic Deductive and Inductive We must not forget, however, that, even in the mathematical sciences, before a beaten path was attained, disputes as to the significance of numbers and the cogency of proofs were sufficiently common. An Introduction to Philosophy The latter gentlemen have added to the cogency of their arguments by a practical demonstration. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 Ullmann says with cogency that, according to Strauss, the Church created its Christ virtually out of pure imagination. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant Some of these reasons are not far to seek, but their cogency can scarcely be appreciated until we have examined the concrete facts of the whole biological series. The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Compare the cogency of different Inductive Methods, showing the kind of evidence each requires, and the principle on which it is based. Logic Deductive and Inductive The philosophy of geometry is quite a different subject; it includes such inquiries as these: Whence is the cogency of geometrical proof? An Introduction to Philosophy He went on and on and long before he had finished his argument, Mr. Adams was snoring, convinced rather by the length than the cogency of the reasoning. In the Days of Poor Richard The Judge, elected by a Republican ballot-box with a sliding bottom, was visibly impressed by the cogency of my plea and offered me a cigarette. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales In spite of its logical cogency, it is inconclusive by reason of defective premises. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots There are certain cases in which failure of verification is fatal to a theory, and other cases in which it is of comparatively little cogency. Logic Deductive and Inductive In other words, the conclusions of reflective thought must be judged by following the process and discovering its cogency or the reverse. An Introduction to Philosophy In his disgust, he made a very penetrating observation, whose cogency Violet realized, though she loftily ignored it at the time it was uttered. The Real Adventure Troeltsch argues with much cogency that the Catholic Church must be regarded rather as the last creative achievement of classical antiquity than as the beginning of the Middle Ages. Outspoken Essays Younger men of the most various type, from Morellet down to Joubert, men quite competent to detect mere bombast or ardent vagueness, were held captive by the cogency of his understanding. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) When approximate generalisations that have not been precisely quantified combine their evidence, the cogency of the argument increases in the same way, though it cannot be made so definite. Logic Deductive and Inductive The intensity of his wrath in no way impaired the cogency of his arguments. The Wings of the Morning They derive their cogency from a favouring atmosphere of opinion or feeling. England's Case Against Home Rule So great was the cogency of his writing that Icaria became more than a mere vision to hundreds of thousands in those years of social ferment and democratic aspirations. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making We may put it with more cogency and truth: the opposition lies between a philosophy without values and a philosophy based upon them. Aspects of Literature Definitions affect the cogency of arguments in many ways, whether we use popular or scientific language. Logic Deductive and Inductive But the problems presented by his mind are elusive, and it would be hard to resist the cogency of his interpreters, if it were not for their number. Robert Browning Now evidence of evolution of these varied kinds is what we do find, and almost every fresh discovery adds to their number and cogency. Darwinism (1889) Here the plea of the self-determination of peoples possesses just as much or as little cogency as in the case of Ireland and Egypt. The Inside Story of the Peace Conference I knew before I started, but I should have gone had the reasons been multiplied a thousand fold in number and cogency. The Touchstone of Fortune Explain the logical cogency of experiments in the search for physical causes. Logic Deductive and Inductive In regard to circumstantial evidence, all the best and ablest writers, ancient and modern, agree in treating it as wholly inferior in cogency, force, and effect, to direct evidence. The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10) It is therefore apparent that the reasons given in 1885 for a change in the manner of enforcing the Federal criminal law have gained cogency and strength by lapse of time. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland Grasp of the question, accuracy of analysis, selection of evidence, and order and cogency of arguments should be considered in judging matter. Elements of Debating Against the cogency of these maxims various objections have been urged from time to time. Primitive Christian Worship Or, The Evidence of Holy Scripture and the Church, Against the Invocation of Saints and Angels, and the Blessed Virgin Mary This may be of an inductive character, consisting of instances, examples, analogies; and, if so, of course its cogency must be evaluated by the principles of Induction, which we shall presently investigate. Logic Deductive and Inductive Marshall surpassed them all in the cogency of his reasoning. Brave Men and Women Their Struggles, Failures, And Triumphs The cogency of this logic seems questionable to me. Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic All these considerations take on a more imperative cogency when the treaty rights of a small people are threatened by a great world power. New York Times, Current History, Vol 1, Issue 1 From the Beginning to March, 1915 With Index But so momentous was the issue to my soul, that the mere fact of having clearly marshalled the arguments on the side of Hope made my reason critical and suspicious of their cogency. Aylwin In both cases, however, whether the conclusion be true or false, it equally follows from the premises, if there is any cogency in Barbara. Logic Deductive and Inductive We believe that this deliberate decision of the nation, is that to which it will come whenever again appealed to; and is supported by reasons of cogency. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844 It is in vain to offer the gospel unless the law has been applied with clearness and cogency. Sermons to the Natural Man Antonyms: See invalid. validity, n. strength, cogency, soundness, force. Putnam's Word Book There was a certain cogency of dreamland in all she said and did. Aylwin It is not in human nature to see the whole cogency of facts that make for the other side. The Making of Arguments Together with an infinite brilliance of these resources there is not only no weakness in cogency of form, but there is a rare unity of design. Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies The cogency of this fourth reason will bear elaboration. A Study of the Topography and Municipal History of Praeneste He was positive, forceful, and insistent in driving home his argument and in compelling his superior to admit their force and cogency. Analyzing Character For closeness of reasoning, for clearness of expression, for the wealth of knowledge and cogency of argument these are the most remarkable of his political writings. Bismarck and the Foundation of the German Empire I must talk a little about him before drawing my final conclusions about the cogency of the arguments for the absolute. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy His pointed and lucid style gave to his printed performances a semblance of cogency which they did not really possess; and his letters—even his shortest notes—were as exquisite in wording as in penmanship. Collections and Recollections If those have now lost some of their cogency, we still stand by our action as having been justifiable in the execution of our duty. The Rome Express The arguments of a sociological novel lack cogency unless the characters are fairly representative of average mankind. Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are On the whole I was well pleased with Mrs. Henry's attitude of mind; nor could I even deny there was some cogency in that which she advanced about the papers. Master of Ballantrae Many have let them drop entirely, treating them rather as a sort of provisional stop-gap, symbolic of what might some day prove possible of execution, but having no literal cogency or value now. A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy His wit gave point to the most irrelevant personalities, and cogency to the most illogical syllogisms. Collections and Recollections It must be taken to hold true also—though with what relative degree of cogency is not easy to say—of the more adequately developed anthropomorphic cults, such as appeal to the devout civilized man. Theory of the Leisure Class But from the time that a judge has refused to apply any given law in a case, that law loses a portion of its moral cogency. Democracy in America — Volume 1 A single passage from the work may serve to show the cogency of the writer's style and especially his anticipation of the doctrines of the Declaration of Independence. James Otis, the pre-revolutionist There was a certain cogency in Trilling's attack, at least with regard to Anderson's inferior work, most of which he wrote after Winesburg, Ohio. Winesburg, Ohio; a group of tales of Ohio small town life But, like all oft-repeated truths, it has in time lost something of its actuality and cogency. The Poison Belt All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the author of his being. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 The true sanction of political laws is to be found in penal legislation, and if that sanction be wanting the law will sooner or later lose its cogency. Democracy in America — Volume 1 His clerical dress expressed a moderate Anglicanism, and his opinions were those of his class and neighbourhood, put for him day by day in his favourite newspaper, with a cogency at which he marvelled. Delia Blanchflower Here, again, we have no desire to question the cogency of the argument. Understanding the Scriptures As regards the lyrical and softly-sentimental passages, the cogency of the critical objection is not so clear. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller His name, as a speaker, occurs often in Grey's Collections; but I have found no extracts that can be more quoted, as exhibiting sallies of gaiety than cogency of argument. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 The other reasons remained as valid as ever; but he was bound to confess the superior cogency of this present one. The Forest Lovers And yet if we compare it with Burke, or with the great Greek exemplar of all those who would give speech the cogency of act,—we see at once the causes of its practical failure. Wordsworth The true sanction of political laws is to be found in penal legislation, and if that sanction be wanting, the law will sooner or later lose its cogency. American Institutions and Their Influence It was this which gave his arguments such cogency and made his discourse so fresh, vigorous and original. Sketches from Concord and Appledore Thus we shall prove lying, suicide, and murder to be wrong, and good fellowship a duty, without needing to mention the Divine Being, though by considering Him the proof gains in cogency. Moral Philosophy At present men were occupied in discussing its logical quibbles and paradoxes, and in balancing its claims to cogency against those of its rivals. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Then in silence, realizing the uselessness of any words, knowing that in this monstrous Ragnarok of all humanity no ordinary relations of life could bear either cogency or meaning, he took her in his arms. Darkness and Dawn The equal cogency of the motives for and against the deed is denoted by the equally divided votes of the judges. Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature In its stead we have collected a great number of inferences of very various degrees of cogency, from the possible and hypothetical, up to strong and very strong probability. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' In the meantime it is sufficient to say that whatever principles of conception and construction apply to the modern prose drama, apply with equal cogency to the poetic drama. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship Rasselas, who could not conceive, how any man could reason so forcibly, without feeling the cogency of his own arguments, paid his visit in a few days, and was denied admission. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes That the cogency of this evidence is not invariably recognised is to be attributed to insufficient attention to history and to disinclination to apply its lessons properly. Sea-Power and Other Studies In his present mood, Hamlet forgets the cogency of the reasons that swayed him in the other; forgets that his uppermost feeling then was doubt, as horror, indignation, and conviction are uppermost now. The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 There are passages that make us think that the author of 'Parochial and Plain Sermons' might have touched even the Gospels with cogency that yet was not profane. The Gospels in the Second Century An Examination of the Critical Part of a Work Entitled 'Supernatural Religion' The dramas of M. Paul Hervieu have all the neatness and cogency of a geometrical demonstration. Play-Making A Manual of Craftsmanship Force, strength, power, energy, vigor, might, potency, cogency, efficacy. The Century Vocabulary Builder Mike admitted the cogency of the objection, and they agreed to be off. The Secret of the Tower He made an abstract of the speech and the next day presented it to the class as a model of cogency and finish. The Life of Abraham Lincoln Keying and his colleagues put the only two alternatives with great cogency. China I must again say that, so far from regarding this argument as irrefutable, I altogether fail to discover its cogency. Lectures and Essays Your thoughts are heaven-high, your style the perfect Attic; grace and persuasion, insight and subtlety, the cogency of well-ordered proof— all these are gathered in you. Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 01 And in proportion as this unlearned section widens and expands, which every year it does, in that proportion the obligation and cogency of this equity strengthens. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 1 There was cogency in the sentimental soldier's reasoning. A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story The right honorable gentleman says that it is not so much by force of argument as by the cogency of observation that he has arrived at this conclusion. Ten Englishmen of the Nineteenth Century Do you know that an idea has just struck me of great simplicity and of some cogency. The Ball and the Cross All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1 Maurice, whom she loved more tenderly, all but taught her to see the cogency of a syllogism—amiably set forth. Born in Exile The judge, with his usual legal acumen, perceived the cogency of his friend's argument. South Wind It is from this point of view that we can see the cogency of Gurney's remark, that when music seems to be yearning for unutterable things, it is really yearning only for the next note. The Psychology of Beauty The arguments of "that barren Voice" are, indeed, remarkably deficient in cogency and logic, if we can bring ourselves to strip the discussion of its poetry. Alfred Tennyson In Arabic, on the other hand, the answer to the question, what is metrically long or short, is exceedingly simple, and flows with stringent cogency from the nature of the Arabic Alphabet. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Almost the last thing he wrote, a pamphlet on the Greek and Cretan question, published in the spring of 1897, has all the force and cogency of his best days. William Ewart Gladstone To them that picture of Somerset had all the cogency of direct vision. A Laodicean : a Story of To-day With great cogency he pressed the argument against the inhuman and degrading view that would make man a mere factor in the complex problem of Industrial Finance, a mere inanimate cog in the Industrial Machine. To Him That Hath: a Tale of the West of Today He must help the friends who had followed him eagerly into the conflict of 1912, and, in helping them, he must save the Progressive principles and drive them home with still greater cogency. Theodore Roosevelt; an Intimate Biography Cicero regards him as the first example of an almost perfect orator, at once delighting the Athenians with his copiousness and grace, and overawing them by the force and cogency of his diction and arguments. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest “And what you think of it?” said Ernest, who regarded the pamphlet as a masterpiece of wit and cogency. The Way of All Flesh Well, sir, well; there is cogency in a good supper; a good supper in these degenerate days bespeaks a good man; but much more is wanted to make up an Athenian. Crotchet Castle Weismann's demand for facts in support of the main proposition revealed at once that none having real cogency could be produced. Darwin and Modern Science Might not some with equal cogency proscribe army contractors and their accomplices, the newspaper patriots? The Pivot of Civilization “You expect a cogency of conduct not usual in women,” said Marlow. Chance A Tale in Two Parts There must be an amount of cogency which even an Archbishop—an Archbishop whose perceptions had never been quickened by imprisonment for assault—would not be able to withstand. The Way of All Flesh The cogency of his argument and the value of its application gained for him an especial tribute by the best authority on such questions whom Europe had seen,—Hugo Grotius. Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White — Volume 2 Mary and Mr. Clacton argued with a cogency and a ferocity which made the little woman feel that something very important—she hardly knew what—was taking place. Night and Day |
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